Hani el-Sayegh

Hani el-Sayegh was a Saudi citizen and a member of Hezbollah al-Hejaz. He was one of the men believed to be behind the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing.

Biography
Hani el-Sayegh was born in Saudi Arabia to a Shia Arab family, and he served in Iran's IRGC before he was told to leave the corps due to his asthma interfering with his training exercises. He moved to Iran for his studies in 1995 before moving to Kuwait, and he became a member of Hezbollah al-Hejaz. In June 1996, he drove one of the vehicles that accompanied the group's car bomb used in the Khobar Towers bombing, and he was wanted by the governnment for his role in the attack. In August 1996, he gained asylum in Canada after claiming that him and his brother had been tortured by Saudi authorities for being minorities (Shi'ites), only to be arrested in March 1997. In 1999, he was deported to Saudi Arabia, where it was expected that he would be executed upon arrival.